A Manchester man has been sentenced after using a fake passport in an attempt to obtain a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence and get work as a security operative. On Thursday 15 December 2022, Abdul-Semiu Adeniyi Badmos from Manchester was ordered by Manchester Crown Court to do 150 hours unpaid work within a 12-month period, […]
On Wednesday 7 December 2022, Imraz Hussain pleaded guilty at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court to working illegally as a door supervisor at a bar in Dudley. Hussain was fined £200 and required to pay £280 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge. The prosecution was brought by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) following a routine inspection […]
On 2 December 2022, Benjamin Peter John Head of Bournemouth was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court. He pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 17 June 2022 to providing and supplying illegal security at various venues in Bournemouth. The court fined him £500 and ordered him to pay court costs of £1,500 and a victim […]
We are pleased to welcome Nexus National Security Network to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. Nexus is a leading specialist outsourced security provider, supporting the security industry. The current Managing Director, Marc Stanton, was one of the founders of the company in 2011 and in September 2022 it became part of the VPS Group. […]
First Response Group (FRG) has won the acclaimed Security Guarding Company of the Year Over £30M Turnover award at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Now in its 23rd year, the prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards continue to highlight the very best people, projects and processes the security and fire sectors have to offer. The […]
On Friday 11 November 2022, Muhammad Imran was prosecuted in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court for failing to supply information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Mr Imran, a company director from Maidenhead, was fined £440 and required to pay £1,953.50 prosecution costs plus a £44 victim surcharge. Mr Imran’s company MNMFM Ltd was […]
A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol. On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks’ jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court. He was […]
On Friday 4 November 2022, a security operative pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrates’ Court to working illegally. Finlay Caw of Bridgnorth was fined £300 and required to pay £500 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge to be paid within 14 days. Friday’s sentencing is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by the […]
On Friday 4 November 2022, Bolton man Olarotimi Ojugbele was handed a 26-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months by Willesden Magistrates’ Court, plus a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to be completed within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge. Friday’s sentence follows Ojugbele’s guilty plea to fraud on Thursday […]
On Tuesday 1 November 2022, Bradford Magistrates’ Court found Usman Raees guilty in his absence of failing to provide information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The court fined him £660 and ordered him to pay £3,814 court costs plus a £66 victim surcharge within 28 days. This week’s case follows a successful prosecution by the […]